WWII

Paris Peace Conference

Jan 18, 1919

The Paris Peace Conference was an international meeting at Versailles. There were nearly 30 nations that participated in the "Big Four" United States, Great Britain, France, and Italy would lead the formation of the Treaty of Versaille.

Nine Power Treaty

Feb 6, 1922

The Nine Power Treaty was signed by China and United States. The Tready was in Washingtin D.C. The nine Countries that were there were Japan, Italy, France, Belgium, Portugal, Netherlands, China, United States, and Great Britain.

Mussolini takes over Italy's Government

Oct 28, 1922

Mussolini Fascism took over Italy.

Beer Hall Putsch

Nov 9, 1923

Adolf Hitler and his NAZI party tried to coup d'état Which cane to be known as Beer Hall Putsch.

Kellogg - Briand Putsch

Oct 27, 1928

Kellogg-Briand Pacts was a great idea on how too keep from going to war again.

U.S. Stock Market Crash

Oct 29, 1929

stock prices began to decline in september and early october 1929. Billions of dallors were lost, wiping out thousands of investers.

Nazi's reach a political majority in Germany

Jul 1, 1932

Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, bringing an end to German democracy.

Hitler becomes Germany's Chancellor

Jan 30, 1933

Hitler's meteoric rise to prominence in Germany, spurred largely by the German people's frustration with dismal economic conditions and the still-festering wounds inflicted by defeat in the Great War and the harsh peace terms of the Versailles treaty.

Japan withdraws from the League of Nations

Feb 24, 1933

Japan’s delegation, led by Yosuke Matsuok walked from the hall amidst mingled hisses and applause.

Hitler Purges Nazi opposition

Jan 30, 1934

The Night of the Long Knives was Adolf Hitler’s great purge, ridding the Nazi Party of those he distrusted, together with anti-Nazi figures within Germany and members of his paramilitary wing.

Hitler openly announces his defiance to the Treaty of Versailles

Mar 15, 1935

Hitler’s had said in Mein Kampf (1924) that he would abolish the Treaty of Versailles. He also Broke all kinds of rules on the Treaty.

Italy invades Ethiopia

Oct 3, 1935

Italy invades Ethiopia under Mussolini's orders.

Hitler militarizing the Rhineland

Mar 7, 1936

By the German Army, when German military forces entered the Rhineland.

Rome - Berlin Axis

Oct 25, 1936

An agreement formulated by Italy’s foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano informally linking the two fascist countries was reached on October 25, 1936.

Germany Annexes Austria

Mar 12, 1938

German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich.

Hitler demands the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia

Sep 22, 1938

Hitler wants the Sudetenland.

Munich Conference

Sep 30, 1938

Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sign the Munich Pact.

Franco becomes dictator of Spain

Mar 28, 1939

During the Spanish Civil War, General Francisco Franco is named head of the rebel Nationalist government in Spain. He subsequently served as dictator until his death in 1975.

Molotov Ribbentrop Pact

Aug 23, 1939

The Molotov Ribbentrop Pact enabled Germany to attack Poland on September 1, 1939.

Nazi invasian of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion.German units, with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes, broke through Polish defenses along the border and advanced on Warsaw in a massive encirclement attack.